The Jets, not Giants, are New York's best football team right now

The Jets weren’t supposed to win a game and the Giants were supposed to be a playoff team.

After Week 3, the Jets have a won again and they look like they could do some more damage this season. The Giant, on the other hand, are 0-3. Everything that could have gone wrong has for Big Blue.

It begs the question: who will own the city in 2017?

Let’s start with the Jets, who are 1-2 and have already proven most of their haters wrong.

They won a game and did it convincingly against a division rival Sunday, beating Miami 20-6. The defense looked great in the win despite currently being ranked 24th overall. The Jets’ loss to the Oakland Raiders, where they gave up 45 points, might have something to do with that ranking.

So far, the Jets are 30th in the NFL in total offense, but did enough against the Dolphins to win Sunday.

The Giants are 16th in defense and 20th in offense, which makes one wonder why are these teams where they are through three weeks?

For starters, the Jets are 22nd in rushing yards on offense while the Giants are the worst in the league at just 48.7 yards per game. That’s 16 yards less than the Arizona Cardinal,s who were 31st prior to their Monday Night Football appearance.

The Jets are also ahead of the Giants in rushing defense. Gang Green ranks only 27th in rushing defense, but guess who is ranked dead last?

The Giants.

The Giants scored 24 points in the fourth quarter against the Eagles Sunday despite losing the game. Before that, Big Blue had only scored 13 points in the first 11 quarters of the season. The good news is the offense finally woke up, but the bad news is that it still wasn’t enough to win in Philadelphia.

Since 1980, only five teams have started 0-3 and made the playoffs. The last team to do it was the 1998 Buffalo Bills. In other words, the 1-2 Jets — a team most thought was tanking — have a better shot at the postseason.

Can the Giants circle the wagons like that Bills team? Only time will tell, but it doesn’t get much easier.

The Giants visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next week, then have the Chargers at home, Denver away and Seattle at home. It’s not an easy slate of games coming, especially considering the Giants can’t run the football.

Meanwhile, the Jets have the Jaguars fresh off of a trip to London next week, then the Browns away, Patriots at home and the Dolphins in Miami. New England aside, those are winnable games and having the Patriots at home is their only chance to stay competitive with New England.

Three weeks ago, the Giants had a chance to possibly go the Super Bowl and the Jets were beginning a meaningless season. Now the Giants are playoff longshots and the Jets are taking aim at a winning streak.

Oh, how quickly things have changed for New York football.

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